Do you know where your veggies are coming from?
10 states accounted for 78% of U.S. vegetable  sales in 2022, with California alone accounting for 41%. 4 of the top 5 U.S. counties in...
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Agtools Inc.
- Aug 30
- 1 min
Worldwide Agricultural Labor - Part 2Â
While 25 countries worldwide have more of their employment  in the agriculture sector, especially in Africa, several notable countries...
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Agtools Inc.
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Worldwide Agricultural Labor – High End (Part 1)
Even in the increasingly digital 21st century, residents of some countries remain almost entirely employed in agriculture . Twenty-five...
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Agtools Inc.
- Aug 15
- 1 min
Grocery shopping used to be a simple, routine task—but not anymore!
2024 - shopping decisions have become more complex and overwhelming than ever. According to Consumer  Pulse research by Accenture , 41%...
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Agtools Inc.
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Organic Sales and Production Mixed Results in USA
Topping $9.6 billion, organic  produce  sales in the US grew by 1.6% in 2023, while volume declined 0.1% Berries  held the top sales...
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Agtools Inc.
- Aug 1
- 1 min
Expenditures by USA cropfarms
Expenditures by USA cropfarms increased by 8.2% between 2022 and 2023 Crop farm expenditures in 2023 -  $252.5...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Guac and Roll! 🥑 Get Ready for International Avocado Day
U.S. per-capita availability of fresh avocados has jumped from 4 pounds in 2010 to 9.22 pounds in 2022, according to the USDA. U.S....
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Agtools Inc.
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Cropland Value Increasing
Impacting Food Costs The average value of U.S. cropland (irrigated and non-irrigated) was $5,050 per acre in 2022, increasing 14.3% from...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jul 11
- 1 min
New Generation Farmers
UnitedStates had 112,379 producers in 2022 who identified as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin, accounting for 3% of the country’s 3.4...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Good News for 4th of July Celebrations!
U.S. farms and ranches produced $543 billion in agricultural products, up from $389 billion in 2017. With farm production expenses of...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jun 27
- 1 min
Significant Increase in Renewable Energy Usage on Farms: 15% Growth from 2017 to 2023
A total of 153,101 farms and ranches used renewable energy producing systems compared to 133,176 farms in 2017, a 15% increase. The...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Pineapple Boom! U.S. Availability Soars Costa Rica Leads with 87% of Imports!🌴
U.S. retail per-capita availability of pineapples has jumped from 5.4 pounds in 2010 to 7.3 pounds in 2022, according to the USDA. U.S....
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Agtools Inc.
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Father's Day and Farming Productivity
2022- About 64% of USA farmers were male, 2.15 millions male producers generated food, fuel and fiber for Americans and people around...
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Agtools Inc.
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Cropland Value Increasing – Impacting Food Costs
The average value of U.S. cropland (irrigated and non-irrigated) was $5,050 per acre in 2022, increasing 14.3% from 2021. From 2008 to...
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Agtools Inc.
- May 30
- 1 min
HOPE! Young USA Producers under the age of 35 GROWING!
2022 - #UnitedStates had 296,480 young#producers (those under the age of 35), accounting for 9% of the country’s 3.37 million producers....
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Agtools Inc.
- May 24
- 1 min
Farms with Producers Servicing Military in Decline
2022 #UnitedStates had 305,753 farms with producers who had served or were serving in the military, a decline of 18% from the previous...
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Agtools Inc.
- May 16
- 1 min
USA Importing more than Exporting- Agricultural trade balance was negative in 3 of the past 10 fiscal years.
United States typically exports more agricultural goods by value than it imports, but the value of imports has grown more rapidly than...
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Agtools Inc.
- May 10
- 1 min
Agrifood systems are a major employer of both women and men.
Globally, 36 percent of working women are employed in agrifood systems, along with 38 percent of working men. For both women and men,...
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Agtools Inc.
- May 2
- 1 min
Do you know where the flowers come from for Mother's Day?
In fiscal year 2022, the hashtag#UnitedStates imported nearly $3.3 billion worth of cut flowers, plants, and nursery stock products from...
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Agtools Inc.
- Apr 25
- 1 min
#Mother’s Day hashtag#BuyLocal hashtag#Flowers
The number of hashtag#USA hashtag#floriculture producers totaled 8,951 in 2022, despite a 6% decline, yet sales flourished to $6.69...
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